Supreme Court of Texas
Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Crocker, 06-0868
Under Texas law, an insurer has no extra-contractual duty to notify an additional insured of available liability coverage and provide an unsought, uninvited, unrequested, unsolicited defense. Further, an insurer's actual knowledge that an additional insured has been served with process does not establish as a matter of law that the insurer has not been prejudiced by the additional insured's failure to notify the insurer of the receipt of process.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/25/2007
- Decided 02/15/2008
- Published 02/15/2008
Judges
- Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas C. Wright, Harrison H. Yoss, John Sepehri, Michael A. Choyke, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Thomas Joseph O'Meara, Jamie Renee Critchfield Peterson, William C. Schmidt, for Appellee.